How Strong is Strong Enough?
To answer this question, we need to define strength. But there are many ways to define strength, so we all have to come up with our own method for defining strength. For me, it’s the squat.
5 Exercises to Get Your Bench Press Moving Again
If your bench press is rusty and you need to take it easy, try some of these lifts out. (elitefts Power Rack and dip attachments are highly recommended but not included.)
Sisyphus Stumbles
During the second double of a floor press training session, his pec tears. The bar crashes to the safety pins, inches above his face. For at least the twentieth time, the Collegiate Power Rack saves his ass.
5 Coaching Rants to Reframe and Apply
Layering thousands of coaching hours on the floor with successes and failures, I think I know what works and what doesn’t work.
Training Through Injury: The Edema Press
A broken back doesn’t mean you can’t build your bench. Try this movement to teach better stability through squeezing your glutes and bracing your abs.
Floor Press w/ Chains
I am huge fan of the floor press and think this variation is about as good as the original.
5 Board Floor Press
The 5 Board Floor Press is performed just like a regular 5 Board Press except that you are lying on the floor.
4 Board Floor Press
The 4 Board Floor Press is performed just like a regular 4 Board Press except that you are lying on the floor.
Training with the Log
We will look at three different exercises that you can do with the log: floor presses, training complexes, and font squats.